Chapter-10

Beauty laid there in the hospital, her grandmother, father, Ann and little sister came to the hospital to see her baby Dharam got a promotion the day the little girl child was born he was so happy and excited he told everyone that goddess Lakshmi has come into his life she has brought him good luck.

Beauty had a normal delivery but she was too weak she could not even walk but she longed

to see her baby face after the 3rd day she was allowed to the NICU she was taken by her grandmother and her sister outside by the glass window the nurse inside showed her, her baby she was so overjoyed and tears of joy rolled down her eyes she could not wait to hold her baby this was a moment of blessings and joy.

Her little sister could not wait and finally, she was the first to carry the little infant she held it unto her chest. She was very fond of children she would bring home any child she saw in the neighbourhood and clean them, dress them she had patients with any child beauty was just the opposite.

Beauty was discharged home but she could not feed her girl baby her breast milk as she was undernourished and did not know how to hold her the child would only sleep near the mother, beauty, grandmother and father lived there with her now they wanted to leave back to madras they spoke to Dharam to get them a ticket and they convinced Dharam and beauty that they were taking the baby along with them beauty could not do much she had been forced by them to send her child.

Mother and the child were separated for several months the grandmother could not offer to buy milk in for the child, Dharam would send a money order every month for them. In spite of all this yet they had not enough as the child grew it needed food milk they were stubborn to send the child back to its mother.

After they had left Delhi beauty felt pregnant for her second child they had moved out from that room into government quarters given to them by one of Dharam relative, beauty started to work again in the club she was around 6 months one night after her birthday in march early morning while beauty was sleeping her sister Luana was along with her and Dharam had gone to his native they received a telegram saying father's death come immediately.

Now beauty did not take this for serious as this kind of message had come many times, she was not sure if it was for true this time. The night her father gave up his last breath exactly the same moment a strange incident took place in the beautiful house the decorations which were hanging on the walls had come down automatically and lights went out.

Beauty immediate sensed it might have been a sign and she told her little sister that she had to go to madras she got her train ticket she tried to reach to Dharam but could not get in touch with him so she had to travel alone. 3rd day she reached madras and went to her father's house her grandmother was weeping she felt the pain her grandmother was going through she tried comforting her.

Her baby girl was in her Grandmother's arms she held her baby tight she missed her so much she cried not only to the loss of her father but also for being separated from her baby girl she was heavenly pregnant too by now. She had not seen her fathers face for the last nor attend his funeral.

Her neighbours were all gathered and they wanted to know what she was going to do, she spoke to her grandmother and told her that she was taking her away from here she has to come along as there was no one here for her anymore. Her grandmother disagreed and said no she would now go and stay with her daughter's Ann family and she could not be there for them all these years due to her sick son [Leonard] life.

Now beauty was very brave she would not dare to walk out any part of the night or day anywhere but she was scared of ghosts she would remember her father say when I die I'll come and haunt you [laughs]. Beauty managed to get a ticket back to Delhi along with her baby girl, now before when the girl was born she was named [Renu] as to Hindu custom it was the name of goddess Lakshmi.

And now that beauty grandmother and father had kept the child with them they christened her candida now the name candida was given by beauty. So the child was baptised as candida bluebell. Both mother and daughter left madras alone without the grandmother. She reached Delhi and her sister and dharma had come to receive them at the station. Leonard had died on March 14, 1988, and in June 2nd 1988 a boy baby had been born to beauty just 1 month before his sister renu could close 1.

It was a happy and complete family for beauty what more could she want from god her son looked like her fair blond hair blueish eyes he was a very handsome baby. Candida was a look-alike like her father fair, Dark brownish hair, black eyes, she was a very beauty full girl. She was very fond of her little brother Rakesh as an elder sister she would help her mother to clean him and feed him it was candida 1st birthday Dharam had invited all his friends and artist from the club they all came to give there blessing to both the children candida received a lot of silver and gold toys dolls etc.

There was a big celebration that day. When Rakesh was two months old Dharam wanted to take the child to show his mother in his native he told beauty he be back in 4 to 5 days she went along with Dharam to the state bus stand and bid goodbye to her baby son and Dharam little did she ever know that that was never going to see him ever again.

Dharam was a cunning man he did not take his daughter has he already had a daughter to his wife in his village native he was a gharial from Teri gharial, they were Thakur in the village. All he needed was a son and now he got what he wanted. Why does this have to happen only to beauty?. Her faith was indeed an invisible stepping stone.

She went back home along with her girl he did not come it took him more than 15 days beauty was worried she did not have his address nor any contact from him, she stayed alone, then she got a sudden surprise from him he came back home but alone her son was left back at Dharam native with his mother.

He told her that there he be for a while and soon the next time he goes there he will bring the child back. Now Dharam started acting very strange with beauty he wasn't taking good care of her or his girl child he would leave them for days and disappear. When his daughter wanted anything he would just fling it at the child as though he was throwing a biscuit to a dog, he started raising his hands-on beauty once on a Christmas eve he took a chapati roller and blew it on beauty face below her left eye she was bleeding the walls of the house was splashed with blood all over he hit her with force.

She took her child and ran out she did not tell anybody regarding this.the next evening she had to go to work, beauty had joined another club as a classical dancer she took her girl along. Everybody just stared at her face one side a big cut, she had not done any medication nor did she go to a doctor one could put his finger in the wound that deep it was.

But she ignored every one dressed and performed that evening ad it was Christmas she did not wanna stay there at home, scared of Dharam she ran from him. Her sister was there at the same club she was furious but she was too small to question him as this Dharam would beat her, he was having his affairs with other woman and beauty had nobody to question him or help her, he was just talking too much of advantages of her.

He even had plans to take beauty to His native and push her down from the cliff, he was a native from Rishikesh. Beauty was afraid of him and she dared not to even ask him when is he bringing her son back to her.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TO BE CONTINUED... My Next Chapter Concludes How He Plotted To Throw Acid On Beauty Face And Throw Her Off The Cliff With The Help Of One Relative Of His.